The things you think you'll never do as a parent. I'm sure I will have broken all of them by them time my kids are grown! One rule in particular that Bard and I talked about before even having children was how much television our children would watch. We grew up with pretty different tv experiences (ahh how I "fondly" remember my limit of 30 minutes a day and when my parents would move the TV into the closet!) But we are both pretty much on the same page now-very little TV. In fact we've switched, Bard watches less than I do! Of course we have our fairly notable and obvious exception! We actually watch about two shows a week and I watch a bit of news in the morning (gotta love Matt Lauer!) but that's about it. I haven't let Evelyn watch TV and wasn't really planning on it for a while. So it was pretty funny a few weeks ago when she woke up early and was sitting in my lap while I finished breakfast. I was flipping from the Today Show and went past PBS, where Elmo was doing his thing. In just the few seconds that I left it on Sesame Street, she fell in love. Now it's "Elmo Elmo Elmo!" She recognizes him everywhere we go-on the cracker box at the store and in the book at the Doctor's office. She loves that little red monster! So, every few days we will watch a clip of the Elmo's World song on Youtube. It's about 3 minutes, so it's probably not rotting too much of her brain ; ) and I can handle it too. Just out of curiosity I've turned on other cartoons, to see if they catch her attention. Nope, she is a one monster girl! Who would have thought?!
This afternoon Evelyn had just gotten up from nap and was sitting with me. We heard pounding in the basement and Evelyn says, "Dada, Dada!" Yup, she is a smart kid. I think for most of her life Bard has been down pounding in the basement. We are now almost ready to cross the finish line. Of course, I said that before and permits set us back 6 months, but here we are again and it's so close I can taste it (literally, sheet rock dust gets everywhere!) We've had some great help, but mostly it's been Bard down there on his own, triumphing over one completed task after another. All this work for only one room but it will be so amazing to be able to say that we did this. To tell kids when they're older, Hey, be careful with that closet door, your father framed it in, hung the sheet rock, textured, and put in the door. Kids just love that sort of thing!
Sports Camp is over. Thank God! Thank God because of all the greatness He accomplished throughout the week and thank God because it was incredibly exhausting, I missed my baby, had nerves frayed to the breaking point, was waking up at 4am every day and having panic attacks. Ahhh. Sports Camp. We had two records over a hundred-over a hundred kids came and the weather was over a hundred degrees! Yikes! The kids had a blast and thanks to some amazing volunteers who had water stations, industrial fans, foot ice baths, and water misters, we all stayed cool. Evelyn came one day and I'll post some hilarious video on facebook of her dancing during our worship time. This is actually her second time at Sports Camp, last year I carried her around in a front pack. This year she toddled around the gym, climbing on the mats and falling off (Bard!), played on the fields, and was spoiled and coddled over by everyone-she loved it! Every year kids have a blast at Sports Camp and (IMHO) it's one of the best traditions our church has. I can't wait til Evelyn is old enough to run around playing soccer, hitting baseballs, and catching footballs with other kids. And then I won't miss her so much! I can see her now, a female mini Bard up on stage for drama, singing the loudest during worship, and going crazy over the sports. Well, you know her, am I wrong?!
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